potoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoShe skipped groceries for a week to pay for that Little Caesars.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square71linkfedilinkarrow-up1968arrow-down130file-text
arrow-up1938arrow-down1imageShe skipped groceries for a week to pay for that Little Caesars.lemmy.worldpotoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square71linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenao@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoIf the goal is to simplify, shouldn’t it be “its” in all cases?
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThe “+s/es” construction typically indicates plurality. “It” is fundamentally singular, so there is no justification for “its”. “It’s” eliminates more exceptions to various rules for word construction; it achieves greater simplification.
If the goal is to simplify, shouldn’t it be “its” in all cases?
The “+s/es” construction typically indicates plurality. “It” is fundamentally singular, so there is no justification for “its”.
“It’s” eliminates more exceptions to various rules for word construction; it achieves greater simplification.